> I wonder how much of a bailout Dodo Airlines is gonna get when the online service goes down.

It’s worth pointing out that the game practically *showers* the player with money for even the most casual playtime activities. These min-maxing exploits are interesting to read about, but the game is not at all meant to be played this way. It’s meant to be relaxing and chill.

You wouldn’t think Google Earth of all things would be that compelling... that is, until you find the neighborhood you grew up in, and decide to have a literal walk down memory lane.

For all of its jank, Skyrim VR is probably the game I’ve sunk the most headset time into. Something about that world just pulls me back in every time. It helps that there’s a thriving modding community, and the VR build works with most mods, so it’s easy to spice up the formula. But even ignoring that, there’s just an…

I tried to get into Elite: Dangerous back when I first picked up my headset, and ended up returning the game when I realized it supports the visual part of the headset, but still requires a gamepad / keyboard. I don’t know enough about the game to guess whether it would even translate to tracked controllers; has this…

I’d be thrilled just to play through Galaxy again with nothing more than a 1080p option. That game looks fine with such a cheap upscale (see: Dolphin), and I’d really love just the ability to play it on my Switch.

I have a similar effect with green LEDs in particular, though it’s not quite pronounced enough to be distracting unless I’m looking for it. When I finally got prescription glasses and learned that I have a slight astigmatism, I also learned that the effect vanishes when I’m wearing my lenses. (It is replaced by…

It’s possible to do wireless with the Vive Pro but it’s fairly expensive, and requires a powerful gaming rig. The wireless antenna is an Intel WiMax, and it absolutely needs a beefy *current* gen CPU*. I can sorta run it on my Ivy Bridge i7, but it’s glitchy and unpleasant. I can’t really recommend it unless you’ve…

Yeah I figured that out after a while. Mostly I was commenting on the state of gaming in general. that there could even be confusion... having grown up in the 90s with SM64 as the pinnacle of gaming during my childhood, it’s been fun to watch the graphics power progress. Now it seems like we’re more limited by art…

Weird. Why is that header image a photo, instead of a screenshot?

On a completely unrelated note, the crop job on the pair of header images suggests an *extremely* presice nutshot.

Well, the main trouble is coming up with an agreed upon definition of “cheating” or “exploiting”, both of which are contested terms. There’s a whole category of runs for people who believe glitches should be off limits. They’re often just called “glitchless” runs, or “no major skips,” though it depends on the game and…

Honestly a coffee shop geared towards gamers, instead of work from “home” office folks, is somewhere I might actually hang out. I’m not sure GameStop is the brand I trust for this, but the idea has some merit at least.

My loose understanding is that it is quite common to sculpt the 3D shape of what you’re modeling in pretty high detail, then bake that down to textures to create an efficient version for the game. The actual 3D geometry detail is lost during this process, but the higher detail surface informs the normal and…

Oh man, enjoy the nostalgia bomb! Some of my other consoles I might just replace if they ever get busted, but my original Gameboy is my treasure. I’ll repair it by hand if I have to.

I agree with you 100%. Every voice matters, I’m just adding mine to the crowd here. This scene is uncomfortable for a lot of reasons.

The stereotype of these particular gay men doesn’t bug me all that much. Yes it’s an old trope, but played for laughs it can still be quite funny. I don’t feel represented (I’m gay, but don’t identify with this overly flowery behavior) but I also don’t feel offended when I see this stereotype. See Bolson in Breath of…

Please keep in mind that the Pokémon series has always had about this many stats per Pokémon, and was able to store hundreds and hundreds of them comfortably on a Gameboy. Pokémon Gold / Silver was able to store the entire game save, including all your progress throughout the world and the full data for every creature…

Meanwhile I’m just staring at the lead image, trying to figure out how Machamp’s rear set of shoulders could possibly function... It seems like there’s no visible set of muscles that would pull them forward; the first set’s in the way.

I agree that wobbling is a bullshit technique. Regardless of how you feel about tiers, the fun of watching a Melee match is generally in how ridiculously fast the opponents can move around and read each others’ intentions. Infinite combos that are truly inescapable (not merely very difficult to escape) feel like…